PSG target Nani as United refuse to meet winger's contract demands (and believe £10m is more than enough)

Paris Saint-Germain are planning to take advantage of Manchester United's refusal to offer Nani a new contract by bringing him to the French capital in the summer.

The Portuguese winger has been demanding £100,000 a week to extend his stay at Old Trafford where, despite his talent, he has never progressed into a key figure.

PSG believe less than £10 million will be needed to tempt United to sell, particularly given he will soon enter the final 12 months of his contract.

Unsettled? Nani's future at Manchester United has long been uncertain

Sir Alex Ferguson continues to rate Nani highly – he famously favoured him over Wayne Rooney for United's crucial Champions League fixture at home to Real Madrid – and according to the Sunday Mirror wants him to accept a deal that would increase his £65,000-a-week income, despite the winger believing he deserves to be offered more and suggesting he is willing to let his contract expire and leave for free.

A failure to get a return on Nani would be a disastrous loss for United after the £20m spent on recruiting him – at the same time as Anderson, who could also this summer depart – in 2007.

Old Trafford bound: Wilfried Zaha's arrival could yet make him surplus to requirements

Wilfried Zaha has already been signed for £15m and is to arrive from Crystal Palace at the season's end so United will not be short of wingers, particularly with an increasingly flexible formation, but Nani is thought to favour a transfer to Spain and could therefore limit Ferguson's spending power if he holds out for such a move.